Carmakers unite on global data sharing

All the week's news about network standards, 09/07/05
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GAMBLING FORCES THE QUESTION: WHO CONTROLS THE 'NET?

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Carmakers unite on global data sharing, 09/05/05

The promise of the giant Chinese auto market has spurred
carmakers worldwide to rally around a new standard for data
exchange that they say is needed to exploit the opportunity.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090505-autotech.html?nl>

Opinion: Telecom taxes: Time for a tea party, 09/05/05

The federal government is desperately out of date on telecom
taxation. Not only are some of today's taxes rooted in the
politics of the 1800s, but the entire telecom tax structure is
based on a set of assumptions that no longer apply.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6598>

Massachusetts mulls move to open-source documents, 09/01/05

State offices in Massachusetts could soon be rid of proprietary
digital documents, if a recent proposal to move to open-source
document formats is approved.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090105-mass-open.html?nl>

Newsletter: Filling in the 802.11e gaps, 08/31/05

There have been several announcements by Wi-Fi vendors and
vendor partners recently making product enhancements related to
QoS for Wi-Fi voice. These should be ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6599>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Microsoft warms up voice software plans
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6600>

2. Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE aces performance tests
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6601>

3. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6602>

4. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre3980>

5. Katrina tests net service providers
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6603>

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services. Learn about new approaches to securing today's
applications. See what users are doing in their quest for top
performance. And, take a detailed look at present and future
implications of Web services and service-oriented architectures.

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